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Individuals with borderline personality disorder have long been considered the most challenging clients presenting in the clinical setting. Many professionals continue to view them as untreatable. Emerging research suggests this is simply not the case. DBT has paved the way in pioneering new attitudes and outcomes when working with this population. Most practitioners are trained in dialectical behavior therapy. However, DBT is only one of several empirically supported treatments for BPD. Thus psychologists are now able to bring a more complex, integrative approach to bear on this once heavily stigmatized diagnosis. This 6 hour training will give you an in-depth understanding of BPD, help you make and have a conversation about the diagnosis in a way that minimizes client resistance and enhances motivation, and offer practical, evidence-based treatment strategies that actually work. Leave this advanced training with a comprehensive knowledge of a condition that was once considered untreatable and a broad repertoire of tools to add to your toolbox to assess, diagnosis, and compassionately treat this population and help them discover their own life worth living.
Jeff Riggenbach, Ph.D. is a speaker, trainer, and 3-time best-selling author who has devoted the past 20 years to advancing his expertise in cognitive approaches to psychotherapy. He has developed and directed treatment programs in psychiatric hospitals and clinics for mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, OCD, and Borderline Personality Disorder, including facilitating programming for individuals with substance use and other addictive behaviour disorders. Dr. Riggenbach has trained clinicians in all 50 United States, and is on faculty with educational institutes in Canada, the UK, Australia, and South Africa. His popular toolbox series, including the best-selling The CBT Toolbox: A Guide for Client and Clinicians has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. Jeff is a diplomat with the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, a certified cognitive therapist, and most importantly, has over 20 years of clinical experiences working extensively with many clients struggling with trauma and addiction in individual therapy, group settings, and intensive outpatient levels of care.
Clinical Professionals: All mental health professionals including, but not limited to Clinical Counsellors, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Hospice and Palliative Care Workers, School Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Addiction Specialists, Marital & Family Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Vocational Rehabilitation Consultants and all professionals looking to enhance their therapeutic skills.
